Ok ladies and germs which soccer player has left you with an impression over the years? Tell us where you would place him on the world stage. If in the op 10 or 20 or whatever.

Mine was Roberto Baggio and I would place him in the Top 10.

1. Diego Maradona ( I'll never forget when he single handedly won 2 scudettos for Napoli )

2. Pele ( Pele is Pele)

3. Marco van Basten ( Possibly the best goal scorer I ever seen)

4. Zinedine Zidane ( I had to try to forget the headbutt to put him in here)

5. Ronaldinho ( This guy is still playing)

6. Eusebio ( never saw him play but my dad told me he was great in the world cup)

7. Roberto Baggio ( I don't know, the best half striker the game has ever seen)

8. Romario (950 + goals and counting)

9. Gianluigi Buffon ( Yashin would have probably be in his place but Buffon realy impressed me the last world cup and proved further that he truely is the best in the world)

10.Franco Baresi ( the best deffender to ever play the game)

i guess id have to put Baggio, Dino Zoff and Maldini as the best italian soccer players of all time.

1.A) Maradona

1B) Zidane

2. Pele

3. Cruyff

4. Eusebio

5. Beckenbauer

6. Roy Keane

7. Dino Zoff

8. the old ronaldo

9. Ian Rush

10. Giggs

that lists changes everytime i put it together really

 

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Hmm Italians or all? It says Italians in the title so ..

Im gonna go with players ive been able to watch since ive been a fan or atleast managed to grasp how good they are ... so all those old old timers arent gonna get my vote.

In no Order ..

1. Roberto Baggio

2. Gigi Buffon

3. Paolo Maldini

4. Franco Baresi

5. Fabio Cannavaro

6. Toto Schilachi

There are so many I could list here taht could be considered great in 5 or 6 years so I'll leave it at that .. Ive probablly forgot loads but These stand out as top class consistant performers in their positions.

well il divino said best italian, and where do you rank him/them in an all time top 10...

anyways, schilacci?? come on, besides the 1990 WC what else did he do that was so great really... and remember you said that your list consisted of consistent performers...

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Hey im sicilian .. Toto schillaci is god the end

But seriously where they would rank i dont know .. its always hard when you have to take in different eras, the clubs these players got to play for and who surrounded them ... who you saw play more therfor got more of an idea how good they were etc etc  So I find it difficult to do any ranking .. My list would likely include all the quality players from Zoff to Van Basten like most peoples.

i understand where youre coming from... its really hard to put every aspect in context.

p.s: ok schilacci is ok...lol 

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In my opinion we can't make this classification because we must select the goalkeepers, the defenders, the midfielders and the forwards...

 

Goalkeepers:

Jascin

Buffon

Zamora, Zoff....

 

Defenders:

Beckenbauer

Baresi

Scirea

Moore

 

Full-backs:

Maldini

Carlos Alberto

Krol

Roberto Carlos

 

Midfielders:

Rijkaard

Matthaus

Socrates

Passarella

 

Half-strikers:

Maradona

Platini

Cruijff

Baggio, Zidane, Zico, Ronaldinho, Kakà...

 

Forwards:

Pelè

Eusebio

Van Basten

Puskas, Ronaldo ('96-'98), Meazza, Gerd Muller

 

 

But it's difficult, some footballers played in the 80's, others in 90's, others in 60's....

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Il Divino:

Ok ladies and germs which soccer player has left you with an impression over the years? Tell us where you would place him on the world stage. If in the op 10 or 20 or whatever.

Mine was Roberto Baggio and I would place him in the Top 10.

1. Diego Maradona ( I'll never forget when he single handedly won 2 scudettos for Napoli )

2. Pele ( Pele is Pele)

3. Marco van Basten ( Possibly the best goal scorer I ever seen)

4. Zinedine Zidane ( I had to try to forget the headbutt to put him in here)

5. Ronaldinho ( This guy is still playing)

6. Eusebio ( never saw him play but my dad told me he was great in the world cup)

7. Roberto Baggio ( I don't know, the best half striker the game has ever seen)

8. Romario (950 + goals and counting)

9. Gianluigi Buffon ( Yashin would have probably be in his place but Buffon realy impressed me the last world cup and proved further that he truely is the best in the world)

10.Franco Baresi ( the best deffender to ever play the game)

yup romario is alrite. he is coming to the a-leauge the end of this month. having a guest stint with adelaide united. here is the link to the official a-league site: http://www.a-league.com.au/

C'Mon Sydney!!! C'Mon Sydney!!!

yup romario is alrite. he is coming to the a-leauge the end of this month. having a guest stint with adelaide united. here is the link to the official a-league site: http://www.a-league.com.au/

C'Mon Sydney!!! C'Mon Sydney!!!

Romario was alright... he came to play the montreal impact(usl three years running champs...what!) last year when he was with the miami club. But because he had a stinker he wouldnt sign any autograph for alot of fans who only came to see him. Was very dissapointed in him. Seems like he's only chasing the prospect of scoring 1,000 goals, however meaningless the goals he has to score to get there. Seriously people who rate him for his tally have got it all wrong. He was good, but no Pele for sure, not even Ronaldo or ronaldinho, or rivaldo for that matter.

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and who was a better defender than FACCHETTI  ????

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Franco Baresi, Claudio Gentile and Poalo Maldini...to name a few

I was at the game I didn't notice that. That's pretty sad if he did so. Anyway I still think he was pretty good.

He was in Miami in the USL. I saw him when he played Montreal.

Il Divino:

I was at the game I didn't notice that. That's pretty sad if he did so. Anyway I still think he was pretty good.

he was ok by the usl standards, but i dont see what he really brings to a club besides marketable value increase.

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maldini a c.d. gentile and baresi 2 of the greatest butchers in football history .get you head examined .

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